United States et al. v. Rock Island Motor Transit Co. et al.
Decided February 26, 1951. Stanley Forman Reed delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 25 · 340 U.S. 419 (1951)
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- Stanley Forman Reed · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Felix Frankfurter
- Frederick Moore Vinson
- Sherman Minton
- Tom C. Clark
Dissenting · 4
- Harold Hitz Burton · filed a dissenting opinion
- Hugo Lafayette Black · filed a dissenting opinion
- Robert Houghwout Jackson · filed a dissenting opinion
- William Orville Douglas · filed a dissenting opinion
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